LEAVING LAND BEHIND S1CH.38
Sailing out and away from land in search of the Great Barrier Reef has been playing on our minds for weeks as we have island-hopped around the Whitsundays waiting for the right weather window.
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This week as chance would have it, we have all washed up on the same beach. After losing our fellow sailing mates somewhere along the way, the crews finally back together again. We dive the reef, climb the mountains and hang on each other’s boats all before waking at an ungodly hour to take advantage of a weather window to head out to the outer reef. It feels good to gain some distance from land but our decisions become a little unstuck when the tide and sun work against us…we have to come up with a plan B…
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Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
00:51 Mouldy bread and the return of Myles
02:55 Life in the tropics
05:59 More salty scallywags/ Mountain trek
10:07 Big adventures require good food
10:40 It’s 1AM and we’re going sailing!!!
16:01 BYEEE xo
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From university studies to the Roaring Forties. Join Slim and Soph as they navigate the remote Tasmanian wilderness aboard their Duncanson 34, Nakama, in 2026.
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- Whitsundays (-20.059701,148.8809662)
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